Hey, West Deptford officials! Thanks again for allowing taxpayers (so little notice) to be at the 9 a.m., Monday, March 30, special township committee meeting, at which an average $273 per homeowner property tax hike for municipal government was announced.

What's the matter? Can't stand the heat, so they schedule this meeting when most taxpayers couldn't attend it? Talk about taxation without representation.
Have township officials (who originally announced a tax increase of up to $540) given up looking for additional ways to save tax dollars by slicing budgets and weeding out non-essential personnel? Nah, it's much easier to just stick it to the taxpayers again.

Now, I grant you that about $300 might not seem like much money to township officials. But it may mean losing a long-time homestead to a whole lot of good, honest folks.

Here's a couple of ideas: How about substantially cutting township officials' salaries to save the day? Or, what about having municipal workers start contributing substantially to their medical insurance costs, like everyone in the private sector has done for years? Either option would save an enormous amount of tax dollars, year after year. There might be no need for a tax increase.